Notes

44] John Lane and Elkin Mathews, partnered in the Bodley Head publishers, published "stylishly decadent" works such as the literary periodical The Yellow Book. An English bun is a sweet cake at this time, but it is also slang for a tail. Back to Line

62] Guy de Maupassant (1850-93), 19th-century French short-story writer. Heinrich Heine (1797.-1856), German satirical poet. Back to Line